Perch for birdhouses



Oct. 21, 1941. 5 GARTHUS I 2,260,017

PERCH FOR BIRDHOUS E S Filed Nov. 1, 1940 INVENTOR ADAM 8, 64/ THUS ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 21, 1941 "r OFFICE Peace FOR BIRDHOUSES i Adam S. Garthus, Independence Wis. Application November 1, 1940, Serial it... 363,888

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This invention relates to a bird house, and the object of the invention is to provide a bird house incorporating several novel and improved features and characteristics of construction.

' With the above objects in view, as well as others which will appear as the specification proceeds,'the invention comprises the construction, arrangement'andcombination of parts as now to be fully described and as hereinafter to be specifically claimed, it being understood that the disclosure herein is merely illustrative and intended in no way in a limiting sense, changes in details of construction and arrangement of parts being permissible so long as within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the claims which follow.

, In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a view, partially in side elevation and partially in vertical central section, of a bird house made according to the invention;

'Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view, taken as on line Z--2 in Fig. 1;-and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the top or, roof portion of the bird house.

of reference thereon, the bird house here presented consists of two main elements or pieces, namely, a hollow body portion In and a hollow top or roof portion I I Both said body portion l and said top or roof portion ll desirably are composed of molded, plastic material.

The hollow body portion ID as disclosed is of general conoidal conformation, or of general dome shape. The apex I2 of said hollow body portion is at the lower part thereof, and the continuous side wall [3 of the hollow body portion swells or domes outwardly and upwardly from said apex and terminates in a substantially annular band M of said hollow body portion at the upper part thereof defining an opening IS. The inner surface It of said side wall I3 is of curvilinear configuration and converges smoothly and evenly from the location of the annular band [4 to the location of the apex I2. A drain outlet at said apex is denoted l1, and spaced apart, vertically disposed strengthening 0r reinforcing ribs upon said inner surface It are indicated at l8. Said annular band 14 as shown is of uniform thickness.

The hollow top or roof portion H as disclosed is an inverted cup. The base it! of said top or roof portion or inverted cup is at the upper part thereof, and the inner surface of the con- With respect to the drawing and the numerals tinuous side wall 2'! of the top or roof portion or inverted cup is cylindricaL- The annular band M of the hollow body portion I 0 includes an external thread 22 at and adjacent to the upper end of said hollow body portion,- and said inner surface 20 of said con-- tinuous side wall 2| of the top or roof portion l'l includes a thread 23, complemental to the thread '22, disposed at the interior of and at and adjacent to the lower openend 24 of said top or roof portion. The hollow body portion l0 and the hollow top or roof portion [I are removably secured to each other by interengagement of the complemental threads 22 and 23 so that the lower open part of the continuous side wall 2| of said topo-r'roofportion is in snug-surrounding relation to the annular band [4 of said hollow body portion; I

I The construction and arrangement are such that should the annular band I4 of the hollow body portion, composed of molded, plastic material, become non-circular while the two main elementsor pieces of the-bird house are disassembled, said annular band can be made circular by manual flexing, and readily and easily assembled with or into the hollow top or roof portion while manually retained in circular condition. And, todbyreason of the fact that the hollow body portion is composed of molded, plastic material, the annular band l4 when assembled with the continuous side wall 2| of the hollow top or roof portion, as by turning the thread 22 into the thread 23, will be resiliently engaged with and against the inner surface 20 of said continuous side wall 2|.

The outer, upper surface 25 of the base l9 of the hollow top or roof portion H is of curvilinear configuration and diverges smoothly and evenly downwardly and outwardly from a central protuberance 25 extending upwardly from said base I9 and including an aperture 21 through the medium of which the bird house can be,supported, as will be understood. The outer surface 28 of the continuous side wall 2| of said hollow top or roof portion is also of curvilinear configuration, and the lower part of said outer, upper surface 25 merges smoothly and evenly into the upper part of said outer surface 28. The lower part of the outer surface 28 converges smoothly and evenly downwardly and inwardly, and the lower, circular open end of said continuous side wall 21 slants inwardly and upwardly to define a flat surface 29 whch extends from the location of the lower edge or margin of the outer surface 28 to the location of the inner surface 20. That is, the lower end of the continuous side wall 2| is cut to slant inwardly and upwardly thus to provide, together with the surfaces 25 and 28, an effective water drip for the bird house. It will be seen that inasmuch as the hollow body portion and the hollow top or roof portion are snugly fitted together, and the outer surface or surfaces of the top or roof portion are constructed to direct water to the edge 30 which defines the lower margin of the curvilinear surface 28 as well as the outer, lower margin of the flat surface 29, no water possibly can enter the bird house at the location of the detachable connection provided by the com- 'plemental threads 22 and 23. Instead, rain water will remove itself from the bird house by gravity from the location of said edge 30.

It is to be noted that inasmuch as the continuous side wall l3 of the hollow body portion I converges smoothly and evenly to the location of the drain outlet IT at the apex l2, moisture which might in some instance enter the bird house will flow out readily by way of said drain outlet.

- An ingress and egress opening for birds in the hollow body portion I0 is represented 3|.

A perch for birds, situated beneath the opening 3|, consists of a length of wire 32 the central part of which is coveredwith flexible material 33. The wire and its covered part constitute the perch proper, and the uncovered end portions 34 of the wire constitute means for securing the perch to the bird house. More explicitly, the wire and its flexible material cover are bent in the form of a loop, the uncovered end portions 34 of the wire are inserted through holes in the hollow body portion Ill so that the opposite end portions 35 of the flexible cover material 33 are up against the outer surface of said hollow body portion and said uncovered end portions of the wire are fastened together, as by twisting at 36, at the interior of the bird house in such manner as to retain said opposite end portions 35 of the flexible cover material against said body portion thus to cause the perch to be rigidly supported. 7

What is claimed is:

r 1. In a bird house, a hollow member including spaced apart holes, and a perch supported upon said hollow member, said perch consisting of a length of wire having an intermediate portion thereof bent to loop form and covered with flexible material and end portions thereof uncovered and situated in the spaced apart holes of said hollow member and secured to each other at the side of the hollow member opposite the flexible material to retain the opposite end por-' tions of said flexible material in engagement with said hollow member.

2. In a bird house, a hollow member including spaced apart holes, and a perch supported upon said hollow member, said perch consisting of a length of material such as wire having an intermediate portion thereof bent to loop form and covered with flexible material and end portions thereof uncovered and situated in the spaced apart holes of said hollow member and secured at the side of the hollow member opposite the flexible material to retain the opposite end portions of said flexible material in engagement with said hollow member,

3. In a bird house, a hollow member including spaced apart holes, and a perch supported upon said hollow member, said perch consisting of a length of material such as wire having an intermediate portion thereof bent to loop form and covered with flexible material and end portions thereof uncovered and situated in the spaced apart holes of said hollow member and secured at the side of the hollow member opposite the flexible material by bends formed in said length of material such as wire to retain the opposite end portions of said flexible material in engagement with said hollow member.

4. In a bird house, a hollow member including spaced apart holes, and a perch supported upon said hollow member, said perch consisting of a length of material such as wire having an intermediate-portion thereof bent to loop form and covered with flexible material and end portions thereof uncovered and situated in the spaced apart holes of said hollow member and made rigid with the hollow member to retain the opposite end portions of said flexible material in engagement with said hollow member.

' ADAM S. GARTHUS. 

